Youtube documentary videos cults in america

20. Sons of Perdition (2010)

This is a tragic but eminently watchable feature profiling three teens who left — either by choice or by force — the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, some of them for infractions as minor as listening to music.

America's Extreme Cults: The End of the World That Never Happened | USA Cult Documentary.

Explore the eerie world of American cults, from Jim Jones' deadly Jonestown to the secretive Church Universal and Triumphant.

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Megan Phelps-Roper is a former member of the Westboro Baptist Church, an extremist American religious cult based in Topeka, Kansas.

Santa Clara religious studies professor Jim Bennett taught a class on the formation of cults and the history of notorious American cults.

The young men find themselves in a world hostile to them and their experience, forced to fend for themselves and find work as they grapple with being permanently separated from their families and the only community they’ve ever known.

Each subject maintains an admirable stoicism even in their darkest moments, with the documentary serving as a stark reminder of the emotional toll organized religion can have on young children. —Declan Gallagher

Where to watch Sons of Perdition: Peacock

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American Commune (2013)

American Commune examines The Farm, a cult established by “hippie holy man” Stephen Gaskin and his wife, Ina May. Directors Nadine Mundo